1920 Arkansas gubernatorial election

1920 Arkansas gubernatorial election

← 1918 2 November 1920 1922 →
 
Nominee Thomas Chipman McRae Wallace Townsend Josiah Homer Blount
Party Democratic Republican Negro Independent
Popular vote 123,637 46,350 15,627
Percentage 65.02% 24.38% 8.22%

County results
McRae:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Townsend:      50–60%

Governor before election

Charles Hillman Brough
Democratic

Elected Governor

Thomas Chipman McRae
Democratic

The 1920 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on 2 November 1920, in order to elect the Governor of Arkansas. Democratic nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 3rd district Thomas Chipman McRae defeated Republican nominee Wallace Townsend.[1]

  1. ^ "Thomas Chipman McRae (1851–1929)". Derek Allen Clements, The Central Arkansas Library System - EncyclopediaOfArkansas.net. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2023.

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